Indian Premier League and Cricket News by IPL Cricket Forum

IT department has finally asked about the taxes which it should earn from the mega event of IPL, where the only buzz word has been “money, money, and more money”.
The Income Tax Department sent notice to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) asking for copies of agreements. The Income Tax department has asked for contract details of all Indian Premier League (IPL) players, as reported by a private news channel.According to reports, the IT-D wants to check whether TDS Tax Deduction at Source (TDS) was deducted at 11.3%.

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The IPL final earlier scheduled to be held at the Wankhade Stadium on the 1st of June, 2008 will now be held at the D Y Patil Stadium at Navi Mumbai. Not only the Stadium has better capacity than Wankhade but also provides better amneties for the Video Crew who needs much space for their entire range of equipments to be laid out.

The Mumbai Cricket Association managing committee met today under the chairmanship of Sharad Pawar and it was decided to hold the final at the Nerul stadium.

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After going through the report submitted yesterday by Nanavati, BCCI has given its verdict today for Harbhajan Singh by extending his 11 match ban to 16 matches - that is an additional 5 match. BCCi also warned him of a life ban if he fails to mend his ways in playing the game in its true spirit.

This effectively means that Harbhajan will be out of the Bangladesh Tour apart from the ongoing IPL tournament. He has also forfeited his entire match fees for IPL for the slapping incident involving Sreesanth.

Sreesanth however was spared of any reprimand from BBCI - which established that the incident was totally unprovoked.

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BCCI-appointed Commissioner Sudhir Nanavati has not recommended any further punishment for Harbhajan Singh in his report. “I will not recommend any sort of punishment to the players as I have been appointed to inquire about the incident under rule 32 of the BCCI,” Nanavati said.

Harbhajan’s 11 match IPL ban was good enough punishment, the report said. Sreesanth has also been let off as his involvement in the controversial incident was found to be non-provocative.Nanavati also mentioned in his report has also said that the incident was not pre-meditated.

“This is a level four offence and if a player is found guilty the quantum of sentence is ban on playing large number of matches or even for life time. Mohammad Azharauddin and Ajay Jadeja are facing life time ban,” said Nanavati in a reply to a question on what punishment a player can get if he is found guilty.

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BCCI investigator Sudhir Nanavati has met both Harbhajan Singh and Sreesanth separately for about half an hour.He said that he is satisfied with his conversations with both the players and that there is no need to cross-examine them.

The BCCI appointed commissioner says he will not be meeting Punjab captain Yuvraj Singh and Mumbai Indians coach Lalchand Rajput who was seen laughing after Harbhajan slapped Sreesanth. Nanavati has already met the umpires of the match as also Farooq Engineer who held the enquiry on behalf of the DLF IPL and banned Harbhajan for 11 matches. The BCCI verdict is expected on Monday.

Earlier, both the cricketers arrived on time for the hearing at the Gujarat Law Society building in Ahmedabad.

Nanavati will now submit his report to the BCCI which will be referred to the BCCI’s disciplinary committee after Board president Sharad Pawar goes through it.

Harbhajan has already been banned for 11 matches of the DLF IPL, which rules him out of the tournament. The off-spinner has written to the Board pleading for another chance and a lenient punishment.

According to sources both the players expressed there desire to forget the incident and move on.